soir

See also: sõir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French soir, from earlier seir, from Latin sērō (late, adverb), from sērus (late).

Pronunciation

  • (Europe) IPA(key): /swaʁ/
  • (file)
  • (standard Canadian French) IPA(key): /swɑːʁ/
  • (Québec: Gaspésie and Acadia) IPA(key): /swɛː(ɾ)/
  • (Québec: Montréal, joual) IPA(key): /swɛːʁ/, /sweʁ/
  • (Québec: popular, informal) IPA(key): /swɔːʁ/
  • (file)
  • (Louisiana) IPA(key): /swar/, [swɒ(ɾ)]
  • Homophone: seoir
  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Noun

soir m (plural soirs)

  1. evening

Derived terms

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Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sair. Variant of the synonym an ear, from Old Irish an air (from before).

Pronunciation

Adjective

soir

  1. east, eastern (static position)

Adverb

soir

  1. east, eastward

Usage notes

  • This word refers only to an ultimate destination of movement (i.e., "to the east").
  • The adjective is indeclinable in Irish

See also

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French soir. Compare the inherited Occitan form ser, seir.

Noun

soir m (plural soirs)

  1. evening

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier seir, from Latin sērō (late, adverb), from sērus (late).

Noun

soir oblique singular, m (oblique plural soirs, nominative singular soirs, nominative plural soir)

  1. evening

Descendants

  • French: soir
  • Norman: sei
  • Picard: soir

Picard

Etymology

From Old French soir, from earlier seir, from Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (late).

Noun

soir m

  1. evening
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